Akron Football Team History
Akron Zips
University of Akron
Akron, OH
Founded: 1870 Stadium: InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field Capacity: 30,000 Colors: Blue & Gold Coach: Ken Red Cochrane Conference: Independent-
1953 Season Highlights
Ken Red Cochrane enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Akron.
1953 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 19 vs. Findlay (OH)
26
12
W
Sat., Sep. 26 @ Wittenberg (OH)
39
12
W
Sat., Oct. 3 vs. Muskingum (OH)
26
13
W
Sat., Oct. 10 @ West Virginia Tech
38
32
W
Sat., Oct. 17 vs. Mount Union
16
15
W
Sat., Oct. 24 @ Wooster (OH)
20
18
W
Sat., Nov. 7 @
Kent State
19
54
L
Sat., Nov. 14 @ Heidelberg (OH)
0
26
L
Sat., Nov. 21 vs. Ohio Wesleyan
14
28
L
1953 Season Totals
Record 6-3
Points Scored 198
Scoring Average 22.0
Points Allowed 210
Defense Average 23.3
Opponents Record 7-2
Conference Record 0-0
Home Record 3-1
Away Record 3-2
1953 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1953 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1953 All Independent Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
The first college football National Champion was Princeton. They received the honor in 1869 and only played two games.